US lawmakers table bill to extend lifting of Cyprus arms embargo
A group of United States congressmen on Wednesday night tabled a bill which would extend the waiver renewal period for the country’s arms embargo on Cyprus from one year ...
UK house prices fall unexpectedly in April
British house prices fell unexpectedly for a second month running during April, figures from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Wednesday.
House prices fell 0.4 per cent month-on-month, after a 0.2 per cent ...
Saudi Arabia’s Q1 GDP falls 1.8 per cent as oil sector weighs
Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 1.8 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, flash estimates by the government’s statistical authority showed on Wednesday, as a decline ...
Pro-Palestinian student camp in Los Angeles attacked by Israel supporters
Police deployed in force on the University of California in Los Angeles campus on Wednesday morning after Israel supporters attacked a camp set up by pro-Palestinian protesters.
Witness footage from ...
Walmart to shut all health clinics in US over lack of profitability
Walmart WMT.N said on Tuesday it will close all 51 of its health clinics and shut its virtual health care operations, saying it could not see it as a sustainable ...
UK begins detaining migrants set to be deported to Rwanda
British authorities have started to detain migrants in preparation for them to be sent to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, the government said on Wednesday, laying the groundwork ...
In Israel, Blinken set to push Netanyahu for sustained aid into Gaza
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, pushing to get more aid into Gaza, while urging Hamas to accept a deal that ...
Russia ramps up arms production as US boosts support for Ukraine
Russia‘s defence minister on Wednesday ordered a hike in weapons production and said deliveries needed to be faster for the war in Ukraine, a week after U.S. President ...
UK mortgage approvals hit 18-month high in March, Bank of England says
The number of mortgages approved by British lenders rose to an 18-month high in March, according to Bank of England data on Tuesday that confirmed a recovery in the housing ...
German economy skirts recession, helped by construction and exports
The German economy skirted a recession at the start of the year, growing more than expected thanks to the construction sector and exports, preliminary data showed on Tuesday.
The economy ...
Biden administration takes step to make marijuana use a less serious crime
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday moved to make marijuana use as a less serious crime, a source familiar with the matter said.
If finalized, the policy change ...
Christodoulides and Sunak talk amid migration parallels
President Nikos Christodoulides and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed the matter of migration on Tuesday, amid parallel situations faced on the issue at either end of the European Union.
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Judge fines Trump $9,000 for contempt, threatens jail
The judge overseeing Donald Trump‘s criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if ...
Israel awaits Hamas response on proposed halt to fighting
Israel is waiting for Hamas to respond to proposals for a halt to the fighting in Gaza and a return of Israeli hostages before sending a team to Cairo to ...
Smiling King Charles visits cancer centre on return to public duties
A smiling and healthy-looking King Charles returned to public duties on Tuesday for the first time since he was diagnosed with cancer in February, telling patients at a treatment centre ...
Scottish government faces no-confidence vote
The Scottish government will face a no-confidence vote on Wednesday which it is expected to win after First Minister Humza Yousaf said he would resign.
Yousaf’s resignation on Monday ...
Teenage boy killed in London sword attack
A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured after a stabbing in London on Tuesday involving a man with a sword.
Police said they did not believe ...
G7 agree deal to quit coal by 2035, but with caveat
By Francesca Landini
Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies agreed on Tuesday to end the use of coal in power generation “during the first half of (...
98-year-old Ukraine woman walks 10 km under shelling to escape Russians
A 98-year-old Ukrainian woman said she walked 10 km (6 miles) under shelling, supporting herself with sticks and sleeping on the ground, leaving Ocheretyne in Donetsk, now occupied by Russia, and trying ...
30 men have died trying to leave Ukraine to avoid fighting
About 30 Ukrainian men have died trying to illegally cross Ukraine‘s borders and avoid fighting in the war against Russia which started in 2022, the spokesman for Ukraine‘s border service ...
Columbia suspends pro-Palestinian protesters
Columbia University on Monday began suspending pro-Palestinian student activists who refused to dismantle a protest camp on the New York City campus after the Ivy League school declared a stalemate ...
UK R&D may be worth far more than currently estimated
The value of research and development undertaken in Britain each year could be more than 20 per cent higher than estimates currently show, early findings from a revamped Office for National ...
IMF approves $1.1 bln funding for Pakistan
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved $1.1 billion in funding for Pakistan on Monday, the agency said in a statement, amid discussions for a new loan.
The funding ...
Duchess Sophie visits Ukraine in first trip by British royal since start of war
Sophie, Britain’s Duchess of Edinburgh, has visited Ukraine, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his wife in the first trip to the country by a British royal since the ...